One cold, wet Monday night in early-March I was invited, as part of a four-man team, to Sky Bet’s media night of interactive betting.

Representing our sister publication Maxim, we pitched up at The Living Room bar in North London, ready to take on the nation’s media in a betting competition. Our challenge was to use Sky Bet’s new interactive red-button betting service to bet on the Wigan v Manchester United match, televised live on Sky Sports. Express delivery

Due to space requirements we had to join forces with another team, and that team was none other than The Express – and while the chaps we met claimed to work on the sports desk, we were somewhat suspicious.